Cablevision Sees Alternative Path To Entering The Wireless Market
Cable operators are looking for ways to enter the wireless business as consumers disconnect their landline phones in favor of cell phones, a… Read more »
Cablevision To Roll Out Controversial RS-DVR In April
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) Systems said it will begin rolling out its controversial Remote Server-Digital Video Recorder in April, and plans to… Read more »
Cablevision Swings To Profit; MSG, Telecom Revs Offset Newsday Declines
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) had another relatively solid quarter, as it returned to profitability and Q4 revenues rose 5 percent on the strength… Read more »
Cablevision Will Trial PC-To-TV For Non-Geeks
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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) customers who subscribe to both digital cable and broadband from the Long Island operator may get the chance next qu… Read more »
NBCU’s Mobile Olympics: Mobile Is Ready For Primetime
What a difference a year-and-a-half can make. That was the view presented by NBC (NYSE: GE) Universal’s research head Alan Wurtzel regarding… Read more »
NBCU Olympics: Digital Is The Future, But TV Is Still King
It’s half-way through the Vancouver Olympics and NBC (NYSE: GE) Universal’s research head Alan Wurtzel already has some findings to share ab… Read more »
MTV Digital Reorg: McDonnell To Head Fusion; Tribes’ Hopkins Gets Expanded Marketing Role
As MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) ad execs begin meeting with marketers and media buyers for this year’s upfront, the Viacom unit is putting some… Read more »
@pc2010: There Are New Revenue Opportunities Today — The Problem Is Finding Them
The discussion started by ContentNext’s Ernie Sander and FT.com’s Rob Grimshaw at paidContent 2010 continued with a panel of other digital m… Read more »
@pc2010: What’s Different About Today’s Media Joint Ventures?
Pali Capital’s Rich Greenfield opened the paidContent 2010 conference at the TimesCenter with a note of skepticism about the recent spate of… Read more »
CBS’ Moonves And Redstone: Content Is King And TV Is The Jewel; Online Ads Rising In Q1
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After some effusive praise for CBS’ cost containment and ability to withstand the economic downturn, Sumner Redstone, executive chairman, CB… Read more »
Playboy’s Digital Revs Drop As Loss Narrows
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Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ hopes for a planned sale were dashed during Q4, as its revenue troubles continued as well. As the company’s… Read more »
Video: HBO’s Eric Kessler On HBO Go; Cinemax Go On The Way
Two years after HBO started a small trial of HBO Broadband, the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) premium net is going live with HBO GO on Verizon FiO… Read more »
MTV Networks Taps Quantcast To Power Ad Targeting Efforts
With online ad spending slowly coming back from last year’s weakness, MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) hopes to see a further boost in revenues by a… Read more »
Reelzchannel Buys Acquires Online Comedy Site HollywoodPressTV
Movie previews and news cable outlet Reelzchannel is adding a dash of mockery to its web holdings with the acquisition of HollywoodPressTV.… Read more »
Vancouver 2010: Watching The ‘Everywhere’ Olympics From 30,000 Feet
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Through some quirks of scheduling, I got my first taste of Olympics action on a laptop through in-flight wireless — not the big screen in o… Read more »
MTVN’s McGrath: No Major Digital Acquisitions This Year; Hirschhorn Can Redirect MySpace
MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) CEO Judy McGrath says the Viacom unit’s organic growth is “great,” despite its continued signs of weakness as detai… Read more »
Viacom Profits Triple, As Ad Declines Slow; Lower Rock Band Sales Pull Down Revs
Viacom’s profits rose significantly in Q4, as the company posted modest revenue and advertising declines, beating analysts’ expectations. Gl… Read more »
Scripps Networks’ Online Segment Declines; Swings To Profit
Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) managed to return to profit in Q4, but the programmer reported continued weakness at its online pro… Read more »
Discovery Profits Rise As Ads, Distribution Revs Gain
In general, cable networks and operators have weathered the past year’s recession relatively well. After a small profit decline in Q3, Disco… Read more »
And Now, This Word From Our Sponsor (And Another, And Another?)
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One of the pleasures of watching a TV show on an online video site is that there tend to be fewer commercials. But as Nielsen prepares its s… Read more »
The Other Stilleto Heel Drops: Lifetime CEO Andrea Wong Is Out
I don’t know anyone who thought it would last — and it didn’t. A few months after the August merger of Lifetime Networks into A&E Televisio… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: What Will Roberts, Zucker Tell Congress? Keep Reading
Congressional hearings have two parts: written testimony and the Q&A that all too often sounds like it is scripted. While the companies aren… Read more »
Time Warner’s Bewkes Plans More International Expansion For Time Inc., Cable Channels
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In detailing what helped Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s return to profitability, CEO Jeff Bewkes started the Q4 call insisting that the company h… Read more »
Location-Based Social Net Foursquare Partners With Bravo
Another media partnership for hot location-based social networking startup Foursquare. The company is partnering with Bravo TV so that viewe… Read more »
Taking A Deeper Look At Media’s Appetite For The iPad
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For some critics, the lack of participation from content companies at yesterday’s iPad launch threw some cold water on predictions for how t… Read more »
NBC Promises Greater Ad Effectiveness With Olympics Research Project
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is bringing back its “total audience measurement index,” or TAMi, for next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Th… Read more »
Time Warner Cable Swings To Profit
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt appears to be having a pretty good week. Fresh from yesterday’s multi-year agreement with Scripps Networks… Read more »
Newsday Said It Wasn’t Putting Up A Paywall To Sell Online Subscriptions — And It Isn’t
Updated to include Newsday’s response. It sounds like Newsday is fulfilling at least one part of its paywall plan: not selling online subscr… Read more »
Media Measurement Consortium Adds Microsoft, Gannett, Hearst
The drive to increase membership for the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement , the research initiative formed by major TV networks, a… Read more »
Liberty Group Sells Stake In Japan’s Jupiter Telecom For $4 Billion
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Cable operator Liberty Global is selling off its 37.8 stake in Japanese broadband provider Jupiter Telecommunications to wireless operator K… Read more »
NBC Profits Decline 28 Percent, Driven Down By Film
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During the quarter that parent General Electric (NYSE: GE) agreed to sell a majority stake in NBC Universal to Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), the ne… Read more »
Cable Shakeup: Comcast Brings In Charter CEO Neil Smit To Head Cable Operations
A major shakeup in the cable world as Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) brings in an outsider to run its vast cable operations and Charter (NSDQ: CHTR)… Read more »
Cablevision And Scripps Settle Their Differences; Food Network, HGTV Due Back Today
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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) have reached an agreement that paves the way for the return of the Food… Read more »
FCC Votes To Close Loophole That Kept Some Sports Nets Off Satellite; Appeal Expected
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Sports fans with satellite subscriptions may finally get access to some regional sports networks that cable programmers — particularly thos… Read more »
Microsoft, Disney In Talks To Bring ESPN To Xbox Live
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Microsoft’s Xbox Live internet service, which recently lost one of its trump cards when rivals Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Nintendo matched its par… Read more »
Google TV Ads: 2010 May Be The Make Or Break Year
As Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV Ads approaches its third birthday this April, media buyers are wondering whether the search giant is ready to thro… Read more »
Fox Splits Up Cable Group; Hill Gets All Sports, Rice Takes FX
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That didn’t take long. News Corp (NYSE: NWS). COO Chase Carey, a veteran of the Fox entertainment operations, is putting his own stamp on th… Read more »
Cablevision Gets Board Approval For MSG Spinoff
Cablevision’s board has approved the spin off of its Madison Square Garden business to the company’s shareholders, the cable operator said i… Read more »
Epix Adds Another Distribution Partner: Cox Communications
Epix, the premium entertainment JV between Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), has finally added another distribut… Read more »
Citi Media: Comcast’s Roberts: NBCU’s Worst Cable Channel Performs Better Than Our Best
In a presentation at an industry conference this afternoon, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) chairman and CEO Brian Roberts offered his rationale for t… Read more »
